shitsurae = to arrange a given object or situation in a way that suits its nature and creates beauty.
Example: ideally the tea bowls used in the Japanese tea ceremony are not made using an industrial process. Rather, they are produced by hand in a process of trial and error so that they fit comfortably and naturally into human hands. Things are edited and revised in Japan many times over; there are countless ways to achieve comfort, and the process takes no small amount of time.
Through shitsurae, a person can begin to savour a place. This concept involves ways of planning human movement - the more cunning these tricks, the more skilful the architecture. That is, it should be a natural state and people should not be aware of these manipulations.
"Architecture exists to serve people. In the same way that a pair of chopsticks unused by people is no more than two rods, architecture that does not coexist with people is no more than boxes."
Despite advances in technology which allows more liberation for architecture, the essence of architecture remains constant.
"Architecture is charged with the mission of transcending eras, from today into the future. Because it transcends time, architecture is permitted to occupy a special position among humanity's various creations... Architecture that cannot coexist with people cannot carry out its greatest mission, the transcending of time."
- taken from essays in 'Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 2'
See also http://www.archdaily.com/290355/twin-megaphones-atelier-tekuto-yasuhiro-yamashita-toshiyuki-fujimori/
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